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Rapid Killing

New in Forever2 ranks

Rapid Killing

Rank 2/2Marksmanship

Requires 10 points in Marksmanship Talents

Reduces the cooldown on your Rapid Fire ability by 2 min. In addition, when you kill a non-trivial enemy or it dies while afflicted by your Serpent Sting, you gain Rapid Killing, increasing the damage of your next Shot ability within 20 sec by 20%.

Every rank of Rapid Killing

Rank	Effect	Source
1	Reduces the cooldown on your Rapid Fire ability by 1 min. In addition, when you kill a non-trivial enemy or it dies while afflicted by your Serpent Sting, you gain Rapid Killing, increasing the damage of your next Shot ability within 20 sec by 10%.	client
2	Reduces the cooldown on your Rapid Fire ability by 2 min. In addition, when you kill a non-trivial enemy or it dies while afflicted by your Serpent Sting, you gain Rapid Killing, increasing the damage of your next Shot ability within 20 sec by 20%.	client

Requirements and position

Tree: Marksmanship, row 3, column 1. Needs 10 points in Marksmanship first. The earliest you can finish all 2 ranks is level 21 if you put every point into this tree.
Unlocks: Rapid Recuperation (requires Rapid Killing at full rank).
Competes with: Improved Arcane Shot, Lone Wolf in the same row.

Classic comparison

Rapid Killing is new in WoW Forever. Nothing in Classic 1.12 does this for Hunters.

Spells this talent affects

Rapid Fire · 1 rank
Serpent Sting · 9 ranks, learned at 4

Builds that take Rapid Killing

Marksmanship Hunter endgame PvE build (20/31/0) · 2/2

Questions players ask

Where is Rapid Killing in the Hunter talent tree?

Marksmanship tree, row 3, column 1. You need 10 points spent in Marksmanship before you can learn it.

Is Rapid Killing new in WoW Forever?

Yes. Rapid Killing has no Classic 1.12 counterpart.

Snapshot 2026-11-03, client 1.60.1.70753.